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muscle flexing of america's technology and in j-- like today ofthebrooklyn'sbridge.it takes us and a lot of nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. when it was opened in 1883, it was the most advance piece of technology and certainly in the united states and in the world. it was a complex machine and it was the great example of what steel could do and so millions of people turned out unveiling of the brooklyn bridge. everybody came. when people gave their speeches talking about this glorious event, they use the word "progress" over and over again. there is a lot to celebrate this in time period. if you went to the brooklyn bridge ceremonies, you would not have to walk far from the brooklyn bridge to find poverties. there is no question that there is poverty in this period. people who were optimistic of everything going great and we don't need to change anything had various responses to poverty. one was a fairly traditional one and you see my people on the right, that's an irish couple sitting and not bothered by their poverty. josephi josephine, her attitude is very trad

muscle flexing of america's technology and in j-- like today of the brooklyn's bridge. it takes us and a lot of nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. when it was opened in 1883, it was the most advance piece of technology and certainly in the united states and in the world. it was a complex machine and it was the great example of what steel could do and so millions of people turned out unveiling of the brooklyn bridge. everybody came. when people gave their speeches talking about this...

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. it was a big kind of muscle flexing of america's technology and ingenuity. right here,thebrooklynbridge.today we look at the brooklyn bridge and it is this beautiful old bridge, the stone towers and gothic archways and it kind of takes us -- there is a lot of nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. but that's not true. when it opened in 1883 it was the most advanced piece of technology certainly in the united states, and arguably in the world. it was a very complex machine. it was the great example of what steel could do and so millions of people turned out for this unveiling of the brooklyn bridge. the president came. the congress came. world dignitaries came. and the speeches, as you can imagine, when people gave their speeches talking about this glorious event, they used the word progress, progress, progress, over and over again. so there is a lot to celebrate in this time period. now of course, there's also -- people would, if you went to the brooklyn bridge ceremonies, you wouldn't have to walk very far from the brooklyn bridge to find poverty. so there is no questio

. it was a big kind of muscle flexing of america's technology and ingenuity. right here, the brooklyn bridge. today we look at the brooklyn bridge and it is this beautiful old bridge, the stone towers and gothic archways and it kind of takes us -- there is a lot of nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. but that's not true. when it opened in 1883 it was the most advanced piece of technology certainly in the united states, and arguably in the world. it was a very complex machine. it was...

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powered the beyer exhibition. and locally right herethebrooklynbridge,today we look at the brooklyn bridge and it is this beautiful old bridge, its got this stone tower and the gothic arch ways and it takes us a lot of the nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. when it opened in 1883, it was the most advance piece of technology in the world. it was a complex machine, it was the great example of what steel could do and so millions of people turned out for this unveiling of the brooklyn bridge and the president came and congress came and world d dignitaries came. they used the word "progress" over and over again. also, people if you went to the brooklyn bridge ceremony, you would not have to walk far from the brooklyn bridge to find poverty. there is no question of poverty. people who are an optimistic mind that everything is going great and we don't need to change anything have various responses to poverty. one was a fairly traditional one and here you see my people on the right of an irish couple sitting there, not terribly bothered by their poverty. charity is the

powered the beyer exhibition. and locally right here the brooklyn bridge, today we look at the brooklyn bridge and it is this beautiful old bridge, its got this stone tower and the gothic arch ways and it takes us a lot of the nostalgia associated with the brooklyn bridge. when it opened in 1883, it was the most advance piece of technology in the world. it was a complex machine, it was the great example of what steel could do and so millions of people turned out for this unveiling of the...

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brooklynaskingto purchase a copy of her photograph and saying how tremendously important it was and how meaningful it was to be course, sold her photograph to able to support the anti-slavery cause on the wages of a domestic servant by purchasing this photograph. and in one letter a woman writes to truth and says i wish i had enough money to buy a copy of your picture for every woman in my family, but i don't so i'm going to buy one and i'm going to share it with every woman in my family so that you know and what we know that we're bound together in this fight. we thought it was very important to include photographs by african-americans so we included a series of photographs by the photographer augustus washington, an african-american man from new jersey. this is john brown. we wanted to spend some time back to this freedom question of thinking about what freedom looked like for free african-americans. you heard in the previous talk how northern states eventually stripped free african-americans of the state right to vote in their states. so freedom eroded in many instances for f

brooklyn asking to purchase a copy of her photograph and saying how tremendously important it was and how meaningful it was to be course, sold her photograph to able to support the anti-slavery cause on the wages of a domestic servant by purchasing this photograph. and in one letter a woman writes to truth and says i wish i had enough money to buy a copy of your picture for every woman in my family, but i don't so i'm going to buy one and i'm going to share it with every woman in my family so...

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worked and where people lived. some example, the finance sectorbetweenbrooklynandmanhattan -- the thing was, you really only included if you worked in manhattan or the bronx, because they were not going to go out and canvas your address if you lived in connecticut for example. these are people we know who works in new york city -- who work in new york city and live anywhere. one thing i identified is either knocking on your door or knowing where you live in new york city. does that make sense? we know that these people were definitely working in new york city and living in new york city. there is a whole bunch of data points that i don't have here that are people living outside and working in the city. when you look at the traction, it only turned out to be less than 10%. 85% to 95% of the people who work in manhattan even as late as 1900 or coming either from manhattan, brooklyn, jersey city and the bronx, and then you are at 100%. so to your question, there is no real evidence linked from the point of commuting that rail commuting, like metro-north type in theuting, was present

worked and where people lived. some example, the finance sector between brooklyn and manhattan -- the thing was, you really only included if you worked in manhattan or the bronx, because they were not going to go out and canvas your address if you lived in connecticut for example. these are people we know who works in new york city -- who work in new york city and live anywhere. one thing i identified is either knocking on your door or knowing where you live in new york city. does that make...

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: i was born in a little house underthebrooklynbridge.the bridge was erected when i was a small boy. my father was at the opening ceremony. what he came home, he said, "i have just witnessed a great spectacle. at the same time, it was a very bitter disappointment." what did he mean? here is the story as he told it to me. he said, "son, this bridge has kept thousands of men working for years. the steel cables, the concrete, the wiring, the machinery, it costs millions of dollars. today was the opening. bands were playing. flags were waving. they cut the tape, and finally it happened." "what happened?" "they found all you could do was go to brooklyn." [laughter] >> this was the neighborhood where al smith grew up. he raised his children here. he went to school right around the block, st. james, until eighth grade. his father died, and he had to go off to work and support his mother and sister. this is where al smith's accent came from. this is where it all began for him. it was all irish and italian. they came from over off of ellis island and settled in here. he got involved in t

: i was born in a little house under the brooklyn bridge. the bridge was erected when i was a small boy. my father was at the opening ceremony. what he came home, he said, "i have just witnessed a great spectacle. at the same time, it was a very bitter disappointment." what did he mean? here is the story as he told it to me. he said, "son, this bridge has kept thousands of men working for years. the steel cables, the concrete, the wiring, the machinery, it costs millions of...

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brooklynbridge.theres his support behind bringing cleopatra's needle over. so much much cultural new york his father had a role to play. important to remember, if you were born to a wealthy affluent family, the idea of charity or philanthropy, of giving back to the public, was encouraged. the idea of working for the public, and i mean working for the public in the political sense of becoming a politician, really was seen beneath your station in life. yet it's odd that theodore roosevelt at the young age of 23 is elected to the new york state assembly. early on he took onto the fact , that it was more important to be a member the governing class than the upper class. to be involved in the group of men that got to pass laws, implement change, make decisions that really affect people's life. at he serves in the white house 42, as the youngest president of the united states and the only president born in new york city. most of the furniture you see on display in the parlor is original to the family with the exception of the piano and curio piece. the lithograph hung in the roosevelt

brooklyn bridge. theres his support behind bringing cleopatra's needle over. so much much cultural new york his father had a role to play. important to remember, if you were born to a wealthy affluent family, the idea of charity or philanthropy, of giving back to the public, was encouraged. the idea of working for the public, and i mean working for the public in the political sense of becoming a politician, really was seen beneath your station in life. yet it's odd that theodore roosevelt at...

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crossed the river and had been wounded. whitman is backinbrooklynandsaw a casualty list that listed his father being wounded at fredericksburg. he immediately headed down to see whether he could help him. he got a pass, came to the front, much to his relief found his brother in pretty good condition who was shot through the cheek but apparently wasn't that seriously wounded and already back with his regiment. since i'm down here, how many opportunities do you get to be at the front during a war? he decided to stay on a few days. since christmas was just a week away, he said well, i'll spend christmas with my brother and go back home. after a couple days it gets boring and whitman decided well, let me look around a little bit. see a few other things. he kind of wandered across the fields to chatham to see what a hospital was like. we don't know how long he was here. a few hours. wandering from room to room talking with the soldiers as he himself put it, talking to those who seemed to need it. and in some cases writing letters home for those who perhaps couldn't write for themselves.

crossed the river and had been wounded. whitman is back in brooklyn and saw a casualty list that listed his father being wounded at fredericksburg. he immediately headed down to see whether he could help him. he got a pass, came to the front, much to his relief found his brother in pretty good condition who was shot through the cheek but apparently wasn't that seriously wounded and already back with his regiment. since i'm down here, how many opportunities do you get to be at the front during...

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governor in massachusetts. javitz selecting john lopezofbrooklyntobe the first puerto rican page. 1970s, javits decided the time has come to make a third development. >> desel was eager to sworn in and begin her service. >> she was able to continue and attend school. senator fred harris of oklahoma had also selected a female page for poappointments. julie price of bartlesville. price has dreamed of serving as a conservative page since first reading her first page program in her eighth grade civic books. in middle school, she get began to mail letters to ask for them an appointment. we don't take girl pages. price thought girl could do anything boys could do. she was determined to challenge that voice. she drafted a petition calling for congress to appoint girl pages and went around her neighborhood securing support. after collecting hundreds of signatures, she thought that was a lot. she brought that petition to a flight out with her. she and friends presented copies of that petition of hundreds of signatures of the congressional delegation. >> at first nothing happened, years la

governor in massachusetts. javitz selecting john lopez of brooklyn to be the first puerto rican page. 1970s, javits decided the time has come to make a third development. >> desel was eager to sworn in and begin her service. >> she was able to continue and attend school. senator fred harris of oklahoma had also selected a female page for poappointments. julie price of bartlesville. price has dreamed of serving as a conservative page since first reading her first page program in her...

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house servants, also working on the small farms in what isnowbrooklynandqueens. the city was doubly bound to slavery, because what was grown and produced on those farms, the food, timber, fabric was shipped down to the west indies. to be used by the slaves and the owners of the slaves there. so, there was still slavery here in new york. but there were other things going on. there was a lot of commerce. there was also some manufacturing. it was not supposed to happen under the british mercantile system. according to that, all manufacturing was to be done in the home country, shipped out to the colonies. but the people got around the rules and laws, as i hear they still do in new york, and so, there was manufacturing ehre in -- here in new york. hamilton came from a place that marked him, and he moved to a place that continued to mark him. he never graduated from columbia. because the revolution had happened, and he left his college to fight. he started in a student militia company, and he became a captain of an artillery company. he was noticed by george washington, and put on his st

house servants, also working on the small farms in what is now brooklyn and queens. the city was doubly bound to slavery, because what was grown and produced on those farms, the food, timber, fabric was shipped down to the west indies. to be used by the slaves and the owners of the slaves there. so, there was still slavery here in new york. but there were other things going on. there was a lot of commerce. there was also some manufacturing. it was not supposed to happen under the british...

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big kind of muscle flexing, and locally right here,thebrooklynbridge.there's a lot of nostalgia, but that's not true. when it opened in 1883, it was the most advanced piece of technology and arguably in the world. it was a very complex machine, and so millions of people turned out for this unveil. the president came, the congress came. world dignitaries came, and the speeches, as you can imagine, talking about in glorious event. they used the word progress over and over again. so there's a lot to celebrate in this time period. of course there's also, if you went to the ceremonies, you wouldn't have to walk far to find poverty. so there's no question there's poverty in this period, but people who are of optimistic mind that everything is going great and we don't need to change anything had various responses to positive. one was a fairly traditional one. here you see my people on the right. off fine was a famous anti--poverty reformer, but her attitude was -- she refers to charity is the problem. it's luring what would be hard-working people away from their hard work, and turning

big kind of muscle flexing, and locally right here, the brooklyn bridge. there's a lot of nostalgia, but that's not true. when it opened in 1883, it was the most advanced piece of technology and arguably in the world. it was a very complex machine, and so millions of people turned out for this unveil. the president came, the congress came. world dignitaries came, and the speeches, as you can imagine, talking about in glorious event. they used the word progress over and over again. so there's a...

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ofbrooklyn, ohio.he had cametobrooklynasthe vice president of the united states, and you can imagine what was happening in '68 and '69 and all of the '60s for that matter. he sat down and stayed in town for a couple of hours with our mayor who was a mayor for 51 years. his name was john coin. they were both mayors and talked things over. i was only 18. i also got drafted the following year. but it was just a pleasure this series that you're running and i'm a happy warrior of hubert humphrey. >> hubert humphrey, the happy warrior, the name given throughout his political career. we're live from the minnesota history museum, the history center in st. paul right by the capital. beautiful building if you're here. please come visit. they have a special exhibit on 1968, and we're using that as our backdrop to talk about the presidential campaign of 1968, hubert humphrey, one of his many bids for president. the one which he got the democratic nod. unsuccessful in his bid. as we talk tonight, he made a major contribution to american history, and we're learning more about that. in june

of brooklyn, ohio. he had came to brooklyn as the vice president of the united states, and you can imagine what was happening in '68 and '69 and all of the '60s for that matter. he sat down and stayed in town for a couple of hours with our mayor who was a mayor for 51 years. his name was john coin. they were both mayors and talked things over. i was only 18. i also got drafted the following year. but it was just a pleasure this series that you're running and i'm a happy warrior of hubert...

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ofbrooklyntobe the first puerto rican page appointment in the senate. by 1970, javits had decided that the time had come to make a third historic appointment. and that's when he selected paulette desell. like mcconnell, desell was eager to be sworn in and begin her service. but unlike mcconnell, desell lived knee, and, there was she was able to continue to attend school. senator fred harris of oklahoma had also selected a female page for appointment. julie price of bartellsville. the child of a politically active oklahoma family, price had dreamed of serving as a congressional page since first reading her eighth grade civics book. since first reading, excuse me, about the page program in her eighth grade civics book. the more she learned about it, the more she wanted to be a part of the program. in middle school, she began to mail letters of inquiry to her congressional delegation asking for an appointment. she was disappointed when she always received the same standard reply, we don't take girl pages. price thought girls could do anything boys could do. those were her words to me

of brooklyn to be the first puerto rican page appointment in the senate. by 1970, javits had decided that the time had come to make a third historic appointment. and that's when he selected paulette desell. like mcconnell, desell was eager to be sworn in and begin her service. but unlike mcconnell, desell lived knee, and, there was she was able to continue to attend school. senator fred harris of oklahoma had also selected a female page for appointment. julie price of bartellsville. the child...

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to his courtship and they marry in 1876 in denmark. and come back and they settle firstinbrooklynandthen in richmond hill up in queens, new york, and have a family. so a lot of jacob riis' motivation in life is that everyone should have a healthy, safe and happy family like he does. and he writes a lot about families and the welfare of children in particular. and he often would tell his audiences, there's no difference between these children or yours and mine. that's the wife elizabeth in the middle and the five children. there were some other children that died young. >> so next we are going to talk about what looks like a strange assemblage of equipment, things we're not used to seeing this days but this is photographic equipment very similar to what riis would have used on his raiding parties that barbara described earlier. then what we have here is actually a camera which is a detective cram. so this was sort of a stealth camera. it could be used without a tripod. it could be held by the strap on the side. so it gave the photographer some mobility. and the other thing that w

to his courtship and they marry in 1876 in denmark. and come back and they settle first in brooklyn and then in richmond hill up in queens, new york, and have a family. so a lot of jacob riis' motivation in life is that everyone should have a healthy, safe and happy family like he does. and he writes a lot about families and the welfare of children in particular. and he often would tell his audiences, there's no difference between these children or yours and mine. that's the wife elizabeth in...

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annual techcrunch technology and innovation conferenceinbrooklyn, newyork. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ >> all right. we're going to do a little bit more audience participation before we started the interview. how many of you have downloaded and use an ad blocker. 40% of the room. mostly the front part. it seems like people at least are expieosed to the technology. i'm a journalist. i get paid mostly through advertising and wonder events like this. if ad block plus takes off, obviously it has taken off. if it continues to grow, am i going to be out of a job? >> no. i think what is potentially hurting is a business model that doesn't hurt and apps that clearly don't provide any value to the consumer is to me a failed business model, which is i think is the reason why this needs to evolve. and the interesting thing is that almost all of the people that install an ad blocker don't hate ads, they're annoyed by the really intrusive ones. that's why we started a program called acceptable ads, which basically means we're helping publishers to show alternative less intrusive ads, s

annual techcrunch technology and innovation conference in brooklyn, new york. this is about 40 minutes. ♪ >> all right. we're going to do a little bit more audience participation before we started the interview. how many of you have downloaded and use an ad blocker. 40% of the room. mostly the front part. it seems like people at least are expieosed to the technology. i'm a journalist. i get paid mostly through advertising and wonder events like this. if ad block plus takes off,...

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ginsberg who finished her law degree at columbia and wasabrooklynpersonand sonja sotomayor is a bronx person, elena kagan is manhattan all the way, and antonin scalia was queens. so no staten island, i guess. i mentioned sam alito. but remember also merrick garland, who learned this law in this city, and he's the guy on the hot seat right now. so it's very much a new york story. and what's going to decide? what's going to decide the election is which -- who fills that slot on the supreme court, what's going to decide it is which man hot night becomes president of the united states, whether it's donald j. trump or basically hillary clinton. so it's very much a new york story and the supreme court is very much on the ballot. and when you have judges, for example, who decide -- who oust a president of the united states in effect, richard nixon, or pick a president of the united states, george w. bush, or basically tell us who can vote and who can't with id laws and all the rest, the court is influencing in important ways in close elections who is going to win and who is not. and so

ginsberg who finished her law degree at columbia and was a brooklyn person and sonja sotomayor is a bronx person, elena kagan is manhattan all the way, and antonin scalia was queens. so no staten island, i guess. i mentioned sam alito. but remember also merrick garland, who learned this law in this city, and he's the guy on the hot seat right now. so it's very much a new york story. and what's going to decide? what's going to decide the election is which -- who fills that slot on the supreme...

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. not only was he not prepared for that task he is nothing to work with. you havemanhattan,brooklynheightslong island, staten island that is out there that doesn't need to be defended. you have to reverse in two harbors. how do defendant? he has no navy to speak of. he is not dealt a good deck to play with. he tries the battle and he failed. he's smart enough politically toof british don't want this to go on forever. he doesn't want it to go on forever either. the british will have less of a stomach for it. they also have a massive war debt left from the seven years war. they are not going to want this to go on. the british people are indifferent or not in favor of waging an expensive war. it is not in their british interests. he figures out he has to do is survive. he goes against the grain of what is expected of a commander to do this. i think what the reading does is it shows him where he shortfalls are and his lack of an education keeps him humble enough that he wants to be seen as a big commanding general worthy of the title. he can't do it. he has to do what is necessary in

. not only was he not prepared for that task he is nothing to work with. you have manhattan, brooklyn heights long island, staten island that is out there that doesn't need to be defended. you have to reverse in two harbors. how do defendant? he has no navy to speak of. he is not dealt a good deck to play with. he tries the battle and he failed. he's smart enough politically toof british don't want this to go on forever. he doesn't want it to go on forever either. the british will have less of...

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abrooklynperson,and todantonin scalia w queens. no staten island, i guess. um, i mentioned sam -- remember, also, mayor who learned his law in this city, and he is the guy on the hot seat right now. it's very much a new york story. what's going to decide? what's going to decide? who fills that slot on the supreme court? what's going to decide it is which manhattanite becomes president of the united states? whether it's donald j. trump or basically hillary clinton? it's very much a new york story. the supreme court is very much on the ballot, and when you have judges, for example who oust a president of the united states, in effect, richard nixon, or pick a president of the united states, george w. bush, or basically tell us who can vote and who can't with id laws and all the rest, the court is influencing in important ways in close elections who is going to win and who is not. these things interact. very interesting interaction between the presidency and the court. that was my first big thing. my others are shorter. so now, here's another -- this is a long-term trend that we're

a brooklyn person, and todantonin scalia w queens. no staten island, i guess. um, i mentioned sam -- remember, also, mayor who learned his law in this city, and he is the guy on the hot seat right now. it's very much a new york story. what's going to decide? what's going to decide? who fills that slot on the supreme court? what's going to decide it is which manhattanite becomes president of the united states? whether it's donald j. trump or basically hillary clinton? it's very much a new york...

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on cherry street near the present ,daybrooklynbridge,which had been rented for him. later, the skies burst in a downpour. downfall, but no one seemed to care. not that there were not dissenters. to at least some republicans washington's entire journey seemed like a royal progress that smacked of text -- monarchical excess and hinted at the elevation of the new president in a sort of american king. a satirical and sacrilegious caricature that spread around new york labeled the entry, showed washington arriving in the guise of jesus in the american jerusalem of new york, sitting in billy lee's lap, and mounted on a donkey that by david humphreys wearing doubles once enchanting, "the glorious time has come to pass when david should conduct an ass. " less nastily, but in its own way no less significant in its ambivalence about washington's intentions, and member of congress promoted that a prominent quaker who had led a hand to the struggle when told , that washington was approaching his house, replied with quaker lead disdain for ceremony that he was perfectly indifferent to the g

on cherry street near the present , day brooklyn bridge, which had been rented for him. later, the skies burst in a downpour. downfall, but no one seemed to care. not that there were not dissenters. to at least some republicans washington's entire journey seemed like a royal progress that smacked of text -- monarchical excess and hinted at the elevation of the new president in a sort of american king. a satirical and sacrilegious caricature that spread around new york labeled the entry, showed...

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miserably. he had nothing to work with. you have manhattanandbrooklynheightsand long island and stat en island that's out there. you have two rivers and a huge harbor that could hold all the oil navy. how do you defend that? he's got some guys from new england and no navy to speak of. he tries the big battle and he and his army failed. he learns that and he's smart enough politically to learn that the british does not want this to go on forever and so does he. the british are going to have less of a stomach for it. they have a massive war debt from the last war from the seven years of war that they are still paying off. they're not going to want this to go on. the british people are largely either in different or not in favor of waging war or people that's largely related to them. he figures all he had to do is survive. he goes against the grain of what's expected of an 18 century commander in order to do this. the reading, it shows him where his shortfalls are and his lack of education keeps him humble enough that although he wants to be seen as and needs to be seen as the big comma

miserably. he had nothing to work with. you have manhattan and brooklyn heights and long island and stat en island that's out there. you have two rivers and a huge harbor that could hold all the oil navy. how do you defend that? he's got some guys from new england and no navy to speak of. he tries the big battle and he and his army failed. he learns that and he's smart enough politically to learn that the british does not want this to go on forever and so does he. the british are going to have...

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respect for this institution. what an important institution this is. youandbrooklynhaveone of the best cultural leaders in america with deborah schwartz. i want you to know how great she is. [applause] i cannot waste tell when my staff has written my bio, they tell you everything about me except the fact that i was president of my third grade class two years in a row. there is hope for everybody. is talk about do the challenge of building a national museum. let me begin with a story that shaped my career, i has also shaped this museum. i was asked to curate a huge exhibition on the history of the 19th century. one aspect was going to look at slavery. i didn't want to look at slavery writ large. i want to focus on a single plantation. i traveled all over the country. i went to cotton plantations in alabama. looked at tobacco plantations. then i was taken to a rice plantation outside of georgetown, south carolina. when i went down the road, i turned the corner and there were 10 slave cabins from the 1840's and 1850's still standing. next to one of the cabins was a johnson, 95 years

respect for this institution. what an important institution this is. you and brooklyn have one of the best cultural leaders in america with deborah schwartz. i want you to know how great she is. [applause] i cannot waste tell when my staff has written my bio, they tell you everything about me except the fact that i was president of my third grade class two years in a row. there is hope for everybody. is talk about do the challenge of building a national museum. let me begin with a story that...

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people down in new york city during that time, because my mother comesfrombrooklynandmy father was a farm boy in california, was always amazing that they always split their votes during the '50s and '60s, when i was growing up. she being a committed democrat, while my father changed to republican when dewey ran in 1948. thank you. >> interesting. well, you might say tammany hall was the making of tom dewey in some ways. from a very early age, he had it drummed into his head that tammany hall was the epitome of political and civic evil, and as fate would have it, he would spend a significant part of his public career demonstrating the truth of that. >> adam, long island, new york. >> hello, my name's adam. i'm actually a college student from new york. i actually read part of the book that mr. norton wrote about dewey, and i was just wondering what did dewey think of his chances of going into the 1948 campaign about winning the race? i mean, i know that dewey was supposed to win that race, maybe mr. smith could talk about that, about what were his prospects about winning the '48 camp

people down in new york city during that time, because my mother comes from brooklyn and my father was a farm boy in california, was always amazing that they always split their votes during the '50s and '60s, when i was growing up. she being a committed democrat, while my father changed to republican when dewey ran in 1948. thank you. >> interesting. well, you might say tammany hall was the making of tom dewey in some ways. from a very early age, he had it drummed into his head that...

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will be going down the row. mr. carp the professor of american historyatbrooklyncollege.he is author of defiance of the patriots, the boston tea party, and the making of america. the boston tea party and the making of america. and rebels rising cities in the making of the american revolution. nancy is the author most recently of white trash, the 400 year untold history of class in america. which is just been reviewed by the "new york times" book review and the new yorker among other places. she is also the author of fallen founders, the life of aaron burr, the finalist for the "l.a. times" book prize, and the coauthor with bernstein of madison and jefferson. her first book, setch and citizenship in antebellum america was awarded the best book prize in 1999. she is a professer of american history at l.s.u. and writes regularly. heather is professer at chair of the departments of drama and dance. she is author of early american theater from the revolution to thomas jefferson, slavery and sentiment on the american stage 1787 and 1861, and the fortscoming, the best title, hideous

will be going down the row. mr. carp the professor of american history at brooklyn college. he is author of defiance of the patriots, the boston tea party, and the making of america. the boston tea party and the making of america. and rebels rising cities in the making of the american revolution. nancy is the author most recently of white trash, the 400 year untold history of class in america. which is just been reviewed by the "new york times" book review and the new yorker among...

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defending new york city, you have manhattan, youhavebrooklynheights,long island, you have staten island out there that is just, you know, doesn't really need to be defended, but it is there, you have to consider it. you have two rivers and a huge navigable harbor that could hold all the royal navy. how do you defend that? he militia guys from massachusetts and new england and no navy to speak of. so he's not dealt a good deck to play with. and he tries the big battle and he and his army fail. and so he learns that -- he's smart enough politically to know that the british don't want this to go on forever. he doesn't want it to go on forever either. but the british have less of a stomach for if because they already have a massive war debt left from the last war, from the seven years war, they're still paying off. they're not going to want this to go on. the british people are largely either indifferent or really not in favor of waging an expensive war against people that are largely related to them. so it is not in their british interest to keep this going forever. he figures all h

defending new york city, you have manhattan, you have brooklyn heights, long island, you have staten island out there that is just, you know, doesn't really need to be defended, but it is there, you have to consider it. you have two rivers and a huge navigable harbor that could hold all the royal navy. how do you defend that? he militia guys from massachusetts and new england and no navy to speak of. so he's not dealt a good deck to play with. and he tries the big battle and he and his army...